I Bought a $28 Burger—Grandpa’s Bank Account Exposed My Real Problem

he shot back. “We weren’t richer back then because times were easier. Times were hard. We were just harder.”

He leaned in close.

“You don’t have an income problem. You have an expense problem. You are trading your freedom for ‘treats.’”

I looked at the burger. I suddenly wasn’t hungry.

That $28 could have been a day of retirement. That $7 coffee every continue reading …